A Comparative Study on Diadochokinetic Skill of Dyslexic, Stuttering, and Normal Children.
Objective. Previous studies have shown some motor deficits among stuttering and dyslexic children. While motor deficits in speech articulation of the stuttering children are among the controversial topics, no study on motor deficits of dyslexic children has been documented to date. Methods. 120 chil...
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Wiley-Blackwell
2013
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=104048942&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 104048942 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 2090469X BFDN jtl: ISRN Pediatrics issn: 2090469X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2013 pid: 480 pub: Wiley-Blackwell place: Malden, Massachusetts artinfo: ui: 104048942 104048942 2012510450 104048942 ppf: 1 ppct: 7 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: A Comparative Study on Diadochokinetic Skill of Dyslexic, Stuttering, and Normal Children. aug: au: Malek, Ayyoub Amiri, Shahrokh Hekmati, Issa Pirzadeh, Jaber Gholizadeh, Hossein affil: Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Clinical Psychiatry Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran sug: subj: Dyslexia Fluency Disorders Motor Skills Disorders Human Child Iran Questionnaires Clinical Assessment Tools Data Analysis Software Pearson's Correlation Coefficient Multivariate Analysis of Variance Descriptive Statistics Post Hoc Analysis Child: 6-12 years ab: Objective. Previous studies have shown some motor deficits among stuttering and dyslexic children. While motor deficits in speech articulation of the stuttering children are among the controversial topics, no study on motor deficits of dyslexic children has been documented to date. Methods. 120 children (40 stuttering, 40 dyslexia, and 40 normal) 6-11 years old were matched and compared in terms of diadochokinetic skill. Dyslexia symptoms checklist, reading test, and diadochokinetic task were used as measurement instruments. Results. The data analysis showed that there are significant differences (P < 0.001) in reaction time and the number of syllables in accomplishing diadochokinetic tasks among stuttering children, dyslexics, and the control group. This indicates that stuttering children and dyslexics have poor performance in reaction time and in the number of monosyllable articulation and long syllable articulation. Furthermore, there are significant differences (P < 0.001) in these indices between stuttering children and dyslexics, so that the latter group have better performance than the former one. Conclusion. The findings indicate that stuttering children and dyslexics have deficits in diadochokinetic skill which suggests their low performance in the motor control of speech production and articulation. Such deficits might be due to the role of the tongue in the development of stuttering and dyslexia. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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